Author: Fred CarmichaelPublisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573694509
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Don't Mention My Name
Author: Fred CarmichaelPublisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573694509
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Ragging it
Author: H. Loring WhitePublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595340423
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
Ragging It takes the reader on a lively, historical journey back to the days of vaudeville, fancy women, amusement parks, lynch mobs, saloons, and cabarets--a time when the upbeat music of ragtime was a craze that permeated our culture. Author H. Loring White, a former history professor, focuses on the vastly contrasting biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Scott Joplin, while showcasing the uniqueness of ragtime--the first popular syncopated music of the masses. In 1900, times began to move more quickly. With citizens no longer isolated on farms, ragtime was eagerly accepted by the world's first generation of popular culture, which also reveled in cakewalks; coon songs; and animal dances, such as the Grizzly Bear, Turkey Trot, and Bunny Hug. White recounts true stories about show business, political events, the repression of African-Americans, the world's fairs, and the triumphs of technology. Although ragtime disappeared abruptly in just a few years with the emergence of jazz, White never lets you forget the vital role that ragtime played in the Progressive Era of American culture. With its new and vital interpretation of the Roosevelt era, he will take you back to a lively time in history when everyone was Ragging It!
Peeling the Onion: From Matthew Shepard's Murder to "Don't Say Gay"
Author: Walter T. Boulden, PhDPublisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
This book weaves glimpses of some of the author’s experiences; intertwined with the experiences of friends, family and acquaintances; in his half-century journey to understand the impact of oppression and trauma on his life and the country. The author explores how the murder of his young friend Matthew Shepard, and being briefly thrust into the national spotlight, affected the direction and focus of that journey. The book chronicles his movement from the deafening silence of growing up in the “don’t ask don’t tell” environment of Wyoming; through that horrific murder; and into decades of painstakingly slow, positive, change toward social justice; accompanied by a growing negative backlash culminating in “don’t say gay” and other hate-based legislation.
The Liberation of Aunt Jemima
Author: Richard JonesPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595271545
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This book of poetry is designed to gently stir the emotional, spiritual, and humorous senses of the female reader. The title poem, "The Liberation of Aunt Jemima" has been a favor among African Americans, especially the ambitious, striving, independent, accomplished, spiritual, and educated African American woman, since 1992. It expresses how the female descendants of slaves have overcome the negative image of black women set into motion over five centuries ago. This book is a celebration of all female endeavors from godly marriages to single parenting hardships. The author aspires to visit the heart and soul of the conscientious spiritual woman. The poems, however, are not poetic rhetoric to flatter but instead verse and prose of realistic, deep spiritual perspectives, admonitions, praise, and straight talk. Some poems will reach right out and embrace your understanding however there are others in which you must reach inward to grasp the esoteric message especially composed for you.
Health Department Bulletin
Author: Mention My Name in Atlantis
Author: John JakesPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497683203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
A courtesan for hire, a brainless hunk, and alien invaders combine to bring about ancient history’s most momentous catastrophe in John Jakes’s hilarious take on the fall of Atlantis For centuries the mystery of the lost continent of Atlantis has intrigued mortals everywhere. Who lost it? Where did it go? At last the truth is out—or at least the truth according to Hoptor the Vintner, respectable Atlantean wine merchant and not-so-respectable pimp. According to Hoptor, the blame for Atlantis’s destruction can be placed squarely on the incredibly broad shoulders of Conax the Chimerical, a none-too-bright, broadsword-wielding barbarian chieftain. Conax washed ashore just as Atlantis’s ruler was losing his health and his grip on the kingdom, creating chaos throughout the island. Now things were really about to go south. All of a sudden Hoptor had a lot more to worry about than how to silence the unrelenting nagging of Aphrodisia, the beautiful, strident prostitute he had promised to marry in a moment of weakness. Now the ever-resourceful, vino-loving procurer of female flesh was being called on to possibly save the world as well as his own skin—which would prove to be no small feat, with Conax mucking up everything he touched in his inimitable fashion. And then there were those strange golden discs flying high above everybody’s heads . . .
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1504
Book Description
The A B C Universal Commercial Electric Telegraphic Code
Author: William Clauson-ThuePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cipher and telegraph codes
Languages : en
Pages : 1434
Book Description
Independent Test Report and Investigation of Kaiser-Frazer Cars
Author: Floyd ClymerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Baby Boy
Author: Albert GumblePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description